[asterisk-users] Top Posting

[Carlos Alvarez]

There's nothing wrong with the list.  The current whining will die off and
things will be back to normal shortly.  Meanwhile I was tempted to bin the
entire thread then realized there's some funny human psychology to be
laughed at.

Top posting to make a few people crazy.  Normally I wouldn't.


On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 7:37 PM, James Mortensen <
james.mortensen at voicecurve.com> wrote:

> I have an idea! Instead of arguing over whether or not top posting or
> bottom posting is the way to go, something that obviously no one will *
> ever* agree on, why not move to Google Groups instead (or something
> similar to Google Groups).
>
> When I post to Doubango's list, it's easy, there's no top or bottom
> posting wars, it just works. In fact, in a thread, Google Groups usually
> drops you right to the most recent message, so the people who like top
> posting can still see the most recent message while the bottom posters will
> still see the bottom posting format.
>
> It's either this, or we can sit and watch intelligent people continue to
> degrade one another and argue over something with no agreement in site. :)
>
> When I mentioned this before, someone from Digium said this will never
> happen, and it's unfortunate.  Maybe they just like to see people bicker
> and argue.
>
> If there's a better alternative to Google Groups, or a way to set
> preferences in the mailing list so that everyone is happy, maybe that's
> something that could be done?
>
> James
>
> On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 6:30 PM, Ron Wheeler <
> rwheeler at artifact-software.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 30/12/2012 11:13 AM, Patrick Lists wrote:
>>
>>> On 12/30/2012 04:26 PM, Ron Wheeler wrote:
>>>
>>>> I participate in a lot of lists and top posting is now the norm since
>>>> people want to see quickly if the message is worth reading.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Isn't it a bit of a stretch to extrapolate your experience with your
>>> lists to top posting being the norm? I am subscribed to several lists and
>>> bottom posting, proper trimming and commenting inline is the norm there.
>>>
>>> Actually the norm is determined by the list rules. If the list rules say
>>> one must use bottom posting then one should use bottom posting. If someone
>>> does not like that then don't subscribe, find another source to ask a
>>> question (the forum, LUG, hire a consultant) or just bottom post.
>>>
>>> Questions come before answers.
>>> Answers come after questions.
>>>
>>> -1 against changing rule #5.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Patrick
>>>
>>>  Not really enough time in the day to keep track of different rules for
>> all the forums.
>> I am more concerned about content than form.
>>
>> As long as the questions get answered, I can figure out where it is but
>> it is a PITA to scroll down through an e-mail to find out that there is
>> nothing there worth reading.
>> I get over 100 e-mails per day that make it through my filters. I like to
>> read the content as soon as it pops up rather than searching for the text.
>>
>> Ron
>>
>>
>>
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